Digitally-native brands are increasingly setting up physical shops as the line between e-commerce and brick and mortar continues to blur. Shopping center company Macerich is getting in on the action with its new retail concept, BrandBox, which offers physical retail space to digitally-native brands for short terms leases. Kevin McKenzie, Chief Digital Officer at Macerich, discusses the company's plans for BrandBox....

Back in 2000, many enterprises wondered whether they needed a head of e-commerce. Today, the question has become: Do you need a chief digital officer (CDO) to drive business in the digital age? But that’s not the fundamental question, write Scott A. Snyder and Shaloo Kulkarni in this opinion piece. “By making sure you start with the right questions instead of the answer you will be more likely to put yourself on a path towards being a digital leader,” they add. Snyder is a senior fellow at Wharton and a partner, digital and innovation, at Heidrick & Struggles. Kulkarni is principal, digital transformation, at the firm....

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It's a data-driven world we live in, and that data is growing exponentially. So much so that it's rapidly changing our lives and organisations around the world are having to adjust and adapt to this vast amount of information....